INCANTATIONS OF MODOC CONJURERS. 175 



14. Horned owVs sony: 



Mu'kisham nvi lu'lpatko, | j. _ ^ 



ude-udd,lkatko k^-u waki'sh gi. -i^-j_L__|_L |_!.^ 



I possess the homed owl's sharp vision ; my roof-ladder is of speckled wood. 



15. Spider^s incantation: 



Kdltchitchiks nu luydmna, - — ] _l ^ | j. - 

 p'laina nii luydmna. -l ^ | j. ^ | .i. ^ 



I the spider am going up ; upwards I traveL 



16. Patient^ s song: 



Kafla nfl shuindlla _i - | - ^ -i - 



I am singing my Earth song. 



17. Another of the same: 



At g^-u steiuash wakidsha! 



Now my heart has returned. 



18. Another of the same: 



Atutu huggi'dsha! 



Now it has turned 1 



19. Another of the same: 



G^-u hii g^pkash kaila shuaktcha 



After I had arrived (in the spirit land) the Earth wept and cried. 



NOTES. 



The Modoc series of conjurer's songs obtained fioin Mrs. Riddle is one of the most 

 valuable of the collection of songs, because it gives them all in their full length and 

 original shape. The majority are in use among the Klamath Lake conjurers also. 



The songs 3. 0. 17. 18. 19. are delivered rather in a speaking than in a singing 

 modulation of the voice. 



173; 1. Sung by a "doctress" who has sent out into the air :i deceased person's 

 spirit to search after the disease of her patient. 



173; 2. Rime, alliteration and assonance are combined in this interesting song, 

 which is said to be sung by female conjurers. A spirit is sent undergTound to prospect 

 for the disease. A tripai'tite division of the song-line is found in none of the other 

 incantations obtained. Kailpiikshtala is a dialectic form for kelpokshtala ; after this 

 word a short pause is made in singing. 



173; 3. The conjurer asks the returning spiiit: ''what did you find to be the cause 

 of the disease, when going below the ground?" The answer is: "he was the cause of 

 it"; he is some subterranean deity, or genius, probably Munatalkiii. 



173; 4. Probably attributed to a grizzly bear; cf. 157; 40. 



173; ."». The frog is )U()s])ectiny; for the disease around and wiihin llir wiiter. Cf. 

 163; It. 



